diff --git a/crates/relicario-wasm/src/lib.rs b/crates/relicario-wasm/src/lib.rs
index 5ddb7be..66825e7 100644
--- a/crates/relicario-wasm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/relicario-wasm/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ use zeroize::Zeroizing;
 
 use relicario_core::{derive_master_key, imgsecret, KdfParams};
 
-/// Handle type returned from `unlock`. Backed by a `u32`; opaque to JS.
+/// Handle returned from `unlock`. Backed by a `u32`; opaque to JS.
+///
+/// Dropping the handle (or invoking `.free()` from JS) removes the entry from
+/// the session registry, zeroizing the wrapped master key and image_secret.
+/// `lock(handle)` remains available as the explicit early-cleanup path; the
+/// `Drop` impl is the safety net that catches code paths which forget to call
+/// `lock` before letting the handle go out of scope.
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub struct SessionHandle(u32);
 
@@ -22,6 +28,23 @@ impl SessionHandle {
     pub fn value(&self) -> u32 { self.0 }
 }
 
+impl Drop for SessionHandle {
+    fn drop(&mut self) { let _ = session::remove(self.0); }
+}
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub fn __test_make_handle() -> SessionHandle {
+    SessionHandle(session::insert(
+        Zeroizing::new([0x77u8; 32]),
+        Zeroizing::new([0u8; 32]),
+    ))
+}
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub fn __test_session_exists(handle: u32) -> bool {
+    session::with(handle, |_| ()).is_some()
+}
+
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 pub fn unlock(
     passphrase: &str,
@@ -533,6 +556,19 @@ mod session_tests {
         assert!(!session::remove(h));   // second remove false
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn dropping_session_handle_clears_registry_entry() {
+        session::clear();
+        let handle = SessionHandle(session::insert(
+            Zeroizing::new([0x33u8; 32]),
+            Zeroizing::new([0u8; 32]),
+        ));
+        let id = handle.value();
+        assert!(session::with(id, |_| ()).is_some());
+        drop(handle);
+        assert!(session::with(id, |_| ()).is_none());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn with_yields_key_only_while_session_lives() {
         session::clear();
diff --git a/crates/relicario-wasm/src/session.rs b/crates/relicario-wasm/src/session.rs
index ae084ba..ace135f 100644
--- a/crates/relicario-wasm/src/session.rs
+++ b/crates/relicario-wasm/src/session.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ where
     SESSIONS.with(|s| s.borrow().get(&handle).map(|d| f(&d.image_secret)))
 }
 
+/// Remove a session entry. Called by both `lock(handle)` (the explicit
+/// path) and `impl Drop for SessionHandle` (the safety net). Returns
+/// `true` if an entry was removed, `false` if the handle was already gone.
 pub fn remove(handle: u32) -> bool {
     SESSIONS.with(|s| s.borrow_mut().remove(&handle).is_some())
 }
diff --git a/crates/relicario-wasm/tests/session_drop.rs b/crates/relicario-wasm/tests/session_drop.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cae25f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/relicario-wasm/tests/session_drop.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//! Belt-and-suspenders companion to the native `dropping_session_handle_clears_registry_entry`
+//! test in `lib.rs`. This file exists for `wasm-pack test --node` symmetry; the
+//! native test in the same crate is what gates CI.
+
+use wasm_bindgen_test::wasm_bindgen_test;
+
+use relicario_wasm::{__test_make_handle, __test_session_exists};
+
+#[wasm_bindgen_test]
+fn dropping_session_handle_clears_registry_entry() {
+    let handle = __test_make_handle();
+    let id = handle.value();
+    assert!(__test_session_exists(id));
+    drop(handle);
+    assert!(!__test_session_exists(id));
+}